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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-10 09:14 PM
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Are you a troll?
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Being mean online. We've probably all done it at some time, but is it really necessary? And is it getting out-of-hand?

In internet slang, someone who posts an inflammatory, controversial, extraneous or off-topic message to an online forum, generally anonymously, is called a "troll".

As noted in this article, there seems to be a disturbing tendency by some to single out and humiliate others on the web.


http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/blogs/connector/3331001/Are-you-a-troll
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